US4854880AExpiredUtility

Wardrobe color coordination kit

Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: May 3, 1988Filed: May 3, 1988Granted: Aug 8, 1989
Est. expiryMay 3, 2008(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:James A. Nasby
G09B 21/00A47G 25/1428
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PatentIndex Score
28
Cited by
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References
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Claims

Abstract

A wardrobe color coordination kit for enabling men and women to rapidly select color coordinated outfits utilizes numbered tags which are secured to various major clothing items. Short cylindrical numbered tags are also provided for attachment to conventional clothes hangers. A rotary file displays color coordinated clothing combinations through a front transparent window. Numbered blocks within the file are removably retained on an endless link belt which is received around spaced sprockets. A ratchet mechanism is provided to increment the belt to display the next row of color coordinated clothing key numbers through the front transparent window. The numbered blocks are mounted on the link belt so as to be indexable for displaying four different numbered sides of the block. The blocks may also be easily removed and replaced with other differently numbered blocks. A drawer is provided at the lower end of the rotary file for storage of a spare supply of numbered blocks.

Claims

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What is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows: 
     
       1. A new and improved wardrobe color coordination kit, comprising; numbered tag means for association with various clothing articles in order to code them for color coordination;   rotary file means for selectively displaying a variety of possible numbered sequences corresponding to said numbered tag means to indicate color coordinated wardrobe clothing outfits;   said rotary file means including an endless link belt;   a plurality of rows of numbered blocks on said link belt; and   means mounting each of said blocks on said link belt for selective rotation or removal.   
     
     
       2. The wardrobe color coordination kit of claim 1, wherein said rotary file means further comprises ratchet means for selectively incrementing said endless link belt. 
     
     
       3. The wardrobe color coordination kit of claim 1, wherein said numbered tag means comprise a plurality of numbered tags adapted to be sewn on various clothing articles. 
     
     
       4. The wardrobe color coordination kit of claim 1, wherein said numbered tag means comprises a plurality of cylindrical tubular numbered tags adapted to be mounted on clothes hangers. 
     
     
       5. A new and improved wardrobe color coordination kit, comprising; numbered tag means for association with various clothing articles in order to code them for color coordination;   rotary file means for selectively displaying a variety of possible numbered sequences corresponding to said numbered tag means to indicate color coordinated wardrobe clothing outfits;   said rotary file means including an endless link belt formed from a plurality of pivotally connected links;   a plurality of rows of numbered blocks on said link belt;   a plurality of right angle mounting pins spaced along an upper surface of each of said links;   a horizontal portion of each of said mounting pins extending through a central bore of one of said blocks;   spring means operatively connected with each of said right angle mounting pins for urging each of said blocks against said upper surface of said links;   ratchet means for selectively incrementing said endless link belt;   said ratchet means including a pair of shafts rotatably mounted within a housing;   a pair of gears secured for rotation on each of said shafts, said gears supporting said endless link belt;   a ratchet wheel secured to one of said shafts; and   ratchet actuation means extending through a front cover of said housing for incrementally rotating said ratchet wheel.   
     
     
       6. The wardrobe color coordination kit of claim 5, wherein each of said links has a first side edge provided with a plurality of spaced notches and a second side edge provided with a plurality of outwardly extending tabs. 
     
     
       7. The wardrobe color coordination kit of claim 6, further comprising hinge pin means pivotally connecting said spaced tabs of each of said links within said spaced notches of an adjacent link. 
     
     
       8. The wardrobe color coordination kit of claim 7, further comprising a pair of spaced recesses on a bottom surface of each of said links for engagement with said gears.

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